DIP 1028--Make @safe the Default--Formal Assessment

[Arine]

On Saturday, 23 May 2020 at 15:07:16 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> On 5/21/20 7:49 PM, Bruce Carneal wrote:
>> On Thursday, 21 May 2020 at 16:32:32 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
>>> On Thursday, 21 May 2020 at 16:14:02 UTC, Seb wrote:
>>>> Why we can't we have a technical board where the community 
>>>> can vote in experts and potentially companies could even buy 
>>>> a seat for $$$ which would mean a lot more for them than the 
>>>> current very vague sponsorship options.
>>>
>>> ditto, I think we should have like a seven person elected DIP 
>>> committee who pass/fail things by majority vote. It is 
>>> obvious to me that the current process is totally useless.
>> 
>> As noted earlier, I'm with Steve, Seb, Adam, and "everyone but 
>> Walter" as far as I can see.  If this stands we'll have gone 
>> from @safe meaning "the compiler is responsible" to "the 
>> compiler can't guarantee anything unless you're pure D all the 
>> way down".
>> 
>> Atila, what's your take on all this?  Is it fork time?
>
> A fork does exist. As expected it went nowhere. 
> https://bitbucket.org/larsivi/amber/wiki/Home. There is a 
> paradox about forking the language - anyone good enough to lead 
> a successful fork would also be wise enough to work on the D 
> language instead.

Arguably they would then be wise enough to stay away from D (and 
have).

> His strength comes with equally unique ability to explain and 
> debate, which makes many of the discussions in forums very 
> frustrating.

It is unique that's for sure. That's a good way to put it without 
being rude.